Repsol launches 176 UCO collection points in Galicia

In Spain, Repsol launched 176 collection points for used cooking oil at its service stations in the Autonomous Region of Galicia in northwestern Spain. This initiative, which is carried out in collaboration with the regional government in Galicia (Xunta de Galicia), is an example of circular economy as it allows the sustainable management of this domestic waste that, once treated, will be reused to produce 100% renewable fuels.

In August, Repsol and the Xunta signed a general collaboration protocol for the development of the circular economy in Galicia. The second vice-president of the Xunta, Ángeles Vázquez, presented this project today together with executive managing director for Industrial Transformation and Circular Economy at Repsol, Juan Abascal, and the director of the Repsol Industrial Complex in nearby A Coruña, Natalia Barreiro. The event was also attended by the territorial delegate of the Xunta de Galicia in A Coruña, Gonzalo Trenor, the general director of Environmental Quality, Sustainability and Climate Change, Sagrario Pérez, the councilor of Environment of the city of A Coruña, Noemí Díaz, and Sofía Vázquez, representative of Mulleres Colleiteiras, a cooperative authorized for the collection and treatment of used cooking oil.

With this initiative, Repsol facilitates the sustainable management of this waste and promotes the circular economy by subsequently reusing the used cooking oil as a raw material to produce renewable fuels. One liter of used cooking oil produces 0.9 liters of renewable fuel.

Customers can take their used cooking oil to any of the 176 collection points available at Repsol service stations that currently offer this service in the Galician region, which will soon be extended to 185 collection points. Users of the Waylet application can also benefit from a discount of € 0.30 per liter of used cooking oil delivered to the points available in Galicia, for the next refueling or the purchase of other products in the company’s more than 3,300 service stations in Spain.

For the proper management of this waste after collection, Repsol has contracted Mulleres Colleiteiras, a non-profit cooperative from A Coruña formed by women in vulnerable situations. This organisation is certified under the ISCC EU scheme, which guarantees the traceability and sustainability of the waste.

The region of Galicia is the second in Spain in which Repsol has launched this initiative after the Autonomous Region of Madrid in April of this year.

Repsol already supplies 100% renewable fuel in Galicia at its service station in the municipality of Coirós in the A Coruña province, and it is planning the opening of a next point in the city of Vigo. Repsol currently has more than 40 service stations supplying 100% renewable fuel in the Iberian Peninsula.